Winn Parish School Board – Notice of Vacancy

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The Winn Parish School Board is requesting applications for the position of Superintendent

The deadline for applying is May 14, 2021

Interested persons may obtain applications and instructions by visiting our website at https://www.winnpsb.us

Completed applications must be postmarked by the application deadline and must be mailed to:

Winn Superintendent Search
P.O. Box 1100
Winnfield, LA 71483

Minimum Requirements:

Certified (or eligible for immediate certification as confirmed in writing by LDOE) as Superintendent of Schools in the State of Louisiana

Salary: Negotiated by the Board

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. *Winn Parish School Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of service.

Notice of Death May 4, 2021

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WINN:
Dr. Jerry Lee Allen
June 30, 1936 – May 01, 2021
Service: Thursday, May 6 at 2 PM at Southern Funeral Home in Winnfield

NATCHITOCHES:
Ruben Sawyer
September 13, 1959 – May 04, 2021
Arrangements TBA

Burt Clark
October 05, 1970 – April 26, 2021
Life Celebration Service will go forth at the Sardis Baptist Church, Birmingham, AL Saturday, May 11 at 11 am. On Monday, May 10 the casketed remains will lie in state at the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, from 10-11 am. Interment will follow in Lawrence Serenity Sanctum.

Jessie Floyd
April 25, 2021
Graveside services governed by COVID19 regulations will take place Saturday, May 8, 2021, 11:00 a. m. in the Campti Community Cemetery. The family will gather at the Winnfield Memorial Funeral Home in Natchitoches at 9:30 to form a procession to the burial site. All Attendees must wear masks.

Harvis “Junior” Johnson
January 10, 1948 – May 01, 2021
Service: Wednesday, May 5 at 1 pm at Blanchard-St. Denis Funeral Home

Mary Lou Safford Begnaud
May 16, 1931 – April 29, 2021
Service: Saturday, May 8 at 1 pm at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Natchitoches

Chuck Raymond Foshee, Sr.
February 17, 1943 – April 28, 2021
Arrangements TBA

Harry Graham
April 24, 2021
Arrangements TBA

SABINE:
Bertie Maxine Spears Byrd
January 20, 1933 – May 1, 2021
Service: Saturday, May 8 at 2 pm at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church

RED RIVER:
Robert Clayton Wood
July 16, 1950 – May 02, 2021
Service: Wednesday, May 5 at 11 am at Springhill Cemetery

Calvin Lady Cougars are Class C State Champions – For the First Time in 13 Years

May 3, 2021 / NPJ / Leave a comment

Calvin Lady Cougars take the Class C State Championship title for the first time since 2008.

The Lady Cougars looked confident as they took the field for their 10-minute pre-game warm-up. The bleachers were filled with well over a hundred fans ready to cheer the ladies to victory.

Twelve Lady Cougars crossed home plate to defeat the Georgetown Lady Bulldogs 12-4 claiming the state championship title. The Lady Cougars collected 12 base hits combined with the biggest coming from senior Hannah Barber. She hit a three-run bomb in the second inning earning her the most outstanding player title.

Eighth-grade pitcher Haley Martin exhibited great stamina on the mound. Instead of losing speed late in the game, she seemed to accelerate in the 6th and 7th innings. Haley held the Lady Bulldogs to only 5 hits over 7 innings. Haley had 1 strikeout and 2 walks in the win. She did an outstanding job with the help of a great defense behind her. The Lady Bulldog’s only had 7 baserunners in the 7 inning ball game.

The Lady Cougars are beyond excited to bring the title back to Calvin after 13 years. They are patiently waiting on ring sizing day.

The Lady Cougars would like to thank the community and all their fans for the amazing support shown to them this past week.

Winnfield Police Department Arrest Report

May 3, 2021 / NPJ / Leave a comment

City of Winnfield Police Department

Name: Kiarra D. Davis
Date: 4-28-2021
Address: Winnfield, LA
Race: Black
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Charge: Simple Battery, Disturbing the Peace

WPSB Meeting Today

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The Winn Parish School Board will meet in a regular public session Monday, May 3, 2021, at 5:30 p.m. in the meeting room of the Winn Parish School Board in Winnfield, Louisiana.

City of Winnfield Tax Sale May 15th

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The City of Winnfield property tax sale is scheduled for May 15, 2021, at 10 AM at the Winn Parish Court House.

In Louisiana, failing to pay your property taxes will lead to a tax sale. At the sale, your property or a portion of it will be sold to pay off the delinquent tax bill. But the winning bidder from the sale doesn’t get full ownership of your home right away; you’ll get some time to get caught up on the overdue amounts before this happens. But you’ll eventually lose ownership of the property permanently if you don’t pay off the debt during what’s called a “redemption period” after the sale.

American Loggers Council – As We See It

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For close to a year now, the American Loggers Council has worked to obtain funding for those timber harvesting and hauling businesses throughout the United States that have been adversely impacted by curtailments in markets and production as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

We were successful in getting language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CFAP 2) that became law in late December that included the following language:

“Provided further, That from the amounts provided in this section, the Secretary of Agriculture may use not more than $200,000,000 to provide relief to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses that have, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, experienced a loss of not less than 10 percent in gross revenue during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on December 1, 2020, as compared to the gross revenue of that timber harvesting or hauling business during the same period in 2019:”

We have highlighted the word “may” in the text for good reason. The original text that we thought was included in the bill used the word “shall.” What happens when you change the word from shall to may? The appropriation becomes discretionary rather than mandatory, so now we are once again at the mercy of the agency that is tasked to implement a program, as they see fit.

It has now been three months since the passage of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021. On March 24, 2021, the administration announced in a press release that they have identified gaps in previous aid to producers, in which both timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses are included. That is the good news. The bad news is that after three months of back-and-forth discussions after the bill has passed, and the previous 6-7 months of communicating our needs to members of Congress in order to get the language into the Appropriations Act, we are now faced with a rulemaking process as required by the Administrative Procedures Act. This could add, at a minimum, another 120 days to the wait before timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses could see a penny of the funds distributed to those in need.

Let’s just hope that may not be too late for many of you who have suffered from loss of markets, quotas, downtime and the uncertainty of being able to have the capital to pay your fixed costs such as insurance and equipment notes. We will continue to engage a bureaucracy that truly does not understand what it’s like to run a capital intensive, low-margin business and look for ways to expedite the funding to your businesses. A good starting point would be to have a Congressional Oversight hearing as to why the agencies are not meeting the intent of Congress.

Who changed the language from “shall” to “may”? We may never know, but in a society where interpretation means everything, this has placed another barrier in our efforts.

The American Loggers Council is a 501(c)(6) trade association representing the interests of timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses across the United States.